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LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

by BURIED HORSES

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I’M A BLACK LUNG MINER FROM EAST TENNESSEE RAISED MY FAMILY ON COAL DUST AND BEANS THAT OLD BLACK LUNG’S GOT ME NO LIFE LEFT IN ME HANG THE LANTERN IN THE WINDOW GIVE MY LOVE TO MARIE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS I’VE WORKED IN THE MINES WHERE THE EARTH IS AS BLACK AS A COLD WINTERS NIGHT THERE’S A MILLION IN THE GROUND NOT A PENNY FOR ME HANG THE LATERN IN THE WINDOW GIVE MY LOVE TO MARIE I’VE LOVED ALL MY CHILDREN SIX SONS OF MINE I PRAY THAT THEY NEVER MUST WORK IN THE MINE FOR THE BLACK LUNG WILL GET THEM THEY’LL DIE JUST LIKE ME HANG THE LANTERN IN THE WINDOW GIVE MY LOVE TO MARIE THERE’S FROST ON THE GROUND ICE IN THE TREES THE AIR IS SO HEAVY I CAN’T HARDLY BREATHE OH THE OLD BLACK LUNG’S GOT ME AND SOON I’LL BE FREE HANG MY LATERN IN THE WINDOW GIVE MY LOVE TO MARIE HANG MY LATERN IN THE WINDOW GIVE MY LOVE TO MARIE PAINTING: 'Miners', Vincent van Gogh, Pencil on Paper, 1880
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YOU CAN WATCH IT DISSIPATE THE BEAUTY OF NEW SOUTH WALES ON LOW-LYING PLAIN DRY TO HER DOORSTEP SHE HOLDS HER BREATH FOR THE BETTER HALF ACTING OUT HIS MISSION TO FIND WATER OR A GOD DO YOU MISS YOUR WATER? OH YE FAITHFUL SENTINEL PERFORM A DAILY VIGIL THUMB YOUR ROSARY AND YOU CAN PRAY FOR WORD FROM THE MISSIONARY BUT WHET YOUR SWORD FINE LADY OR BE DONE OUT IN THE DIRT ONLY, ONLY, LADY ONLY LADY OF THE HINTERLAND FELL INTO A HOLE A HOLE OF PARANOIA YOU FOOL DON’T FOLLOW SHADOWS LURKING AROUND YOUR SLAUGHTER DO YOU SWEAR THE LION’S SHARE WAS EATEN WITH YOUR LEFT HAND? SWALLOWING FAST THE RATIONS THAT YOU KEPT A CARNIVAL OF SOULS MERRY-GO-ROUND YOUR HOME ONLY, ONLY, LADY ONLY LADY OF THE HINTERLAND SO GO WHET YOUR SWORD ONLY LADY / FINE LADY

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Recorded live in June 2012 at The Theatre Royal, Castlemaine.

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released September 22, 2012

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BURIED HORSES Melbourne, Australia

Tempestuous and tortured, Buried Horses are known for weaving tales of death and woe. Keeping firmly in line with their compatriots - The Drones, The Triffids, Rowland S. Howard - they are drawn to the darker side of existence and the trials of those trying to survive a cruel and unloving world. They deliver a foreboding vision that captures the rugged beauty of the violent Australian landscape. ... more

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